Alcatraz Versus the Knights of Crystallia
core novel 2009 Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians
Record
| First published | 2009 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.13 (16,090 ratings, collected 2026-09-11) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780439925556 |
| Internal chronology | 3 |
Synopsis
Alcatraz Versus the Knights of Crystallia brings Alcatraz Smedry to Nalhalla, home of the wider Smedry family, and neighboring Crystallia, the kingdom governed by the Knights of Crystallia, as the broader struggle between the Free Kingdoms and the Evil Librarians intensifies on two fronts. Alongside family members such as his father Attica, his uncle Kazan, his grandfather Leavenworth, and the notoriously poor dancer Folsom, Alcatraz works to thwart the Librarians' plans to seize the neighboring Free Kingdom of Mokia while also uncovering and countering attempts by Librarian agents to infiltrate the ranks of the Crystin Knights themselves. Even as he navigates the pageantry and politics of Crystallia's knightly order, Alcatraz continues to hone his own unusual Talent for breaking things, discovering new facets of an ability that proves increasingly central to countering the Librarians' expanding schemes against the Free Kingdoms.
Where it sits
- Universe: Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians
- Series: Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians core; position 3 of 5 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Brandon Sanderson
Notes
- From the series record (Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians): A middle-grade comic-fantasy series about a boy who can deliberately break things, opposing a secret cabal of librarians who suppress fantastical 'Silimatic' technology hidden across the real world. Books 1-5 solely authored by Brandon Sanderson (already known for the Cosmere and the Wheel of Time). No true connection to either of those universes -- a wholly separate, standalone continuity.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within the series Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians: position 3 of 5: previous Alcatraz Versus the Scrivener's Bones (2008) · next Alcatraz Versus the Shattered Lens (2010)
- Internal chronology, within Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians: position 3 of 6: previous Alcatraz Versus the Scrivener's Bones (2008) · next Alcatraz Versus the Shattered Lens (2010)
Sources
- Brandon Sanderson: Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians series page
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcatraz_Versus_the_Knights_of_Crystallia
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